Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750712AbWJHBW2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Oct 2006 21:22:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750706AbWJHBW2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Oct 2006 21:22:28 -0400 Received: from uni20mr.unity.ncsu.edu ([152.1.2.39]:9951 "EHLO uni20mr.unity.ncsu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750712AbWJHBW1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Oct 2006 21:22:27 -0400 Subject: Re: Unable to find root fs with libata only 2.6.18-mm3 From: Casey Dahlin To: Ed Sweetman Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <45284BE0.7030600@comcast.net> References: <45284BE0.7030600@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:22:23 -0400 Message-Id: <1160270544.10398.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 (2.6.3-1.fc5.5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.10.7.174443 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 628 Lines: 16 > My question is, do I still need to compile in scsi disk/cdrom/generic > support into my kernel to get libata devices to work or is there some > other syntax i'm missing? The initrd image provides the ramdisk image which contains modules not compiled into the kernel which are necessary to access the root filesystem. Man mkinitrd should explain how to set it up. Casey Dahlin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/